With my new Scope Buggy I had another bonus... the Rosette and M42 are normally not where I can see them because they rise and set behind my trees. But the new buggy lets me wheel the gear to a spot in the back yard where I can see all of these and many more objects. Double Yay!

Here is the scoop on the images and the first somewhat rough processes:

The California Nebula NGC 1499 Image in HaRGB This is a combined HaRGB shot with 1.5 hours of RGB data and 3
hours of Ha data. This was a bit of an experiment in that I wawnted to
shoot much shorter ISO 400 shots to preserve star color. It kinda
worked, but I think I processed some of the color out a little. I also
kinda goofed up on this one in that I didn't orient the camera
correctly to the previous Ha data I took. Perhaps I'll redo it with the
proper orientation and try to get better star color - it's there... I
saw it in the earlier stages of the processing.

The Rosette Nebula IC 1848 Image in HaRGB This has been a long time target I've wanted to shoot. I'm
really excited about being able to get it decently. I should have just
shot it for the rest of the night, but I wanted to move on to M42.

Comments:
On 12/17/09 at 01:45am Neil Heacock wrote:Thanks Miquel. I knew I needed either a CCD or a modded DSLR and Ha fIlter to take me to the next level. For now I think I made the right choice going for the modded DSLR and filter.

-NeilOn 12/13/09 at 07:53pm Miquel wrote:Amazing shots Neil! You are up to a total new level! :)